95.0% of residents of Pontotoc speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 96 (1.9%)
(0.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 69.2%Number of people working at home: 32 (1.4% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,853 (80%)

Carpooled: 410 (18%)

Walked: 8 (0%)

Other means: 23 (1%)

Worked at home: 32 (1%)

First ancestries reported:

United States or American: 1,360

Other groups: 1,173

Irish: 315

English: 210

German: 183

Italian: 77

Scottish: 67

Scotch-Irish: 53

French (except Basque): 39

European: 36

Subsaharan African:: 32

African: 32

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 24

Belizean: 24

Swiss: 22

Canadian: 15

Welsh: 14

Swedish: 13

Basque: 9

Polish: 7

British: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

78%Mexico

15%Other Central America

7%France

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 3,927

Northeast: 75

Midwest: 302

South: 643

West: 98

52% of Pontotoc residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Mississippi.